Week 6 of our new life Home and Away

Monday - another hot day in Devon, wow this is a surprise, managed to get all dads washing done and also dusting, then off we went to Exeter today.  Went to Princesshay Shopping Centre, wow I came face to face with Debenhams, Marks and Spencers, Superdry, Oasis and many more, guess what I did not buy one thing, not sure what has happened to me shopping just does not seem to be my thing at the moment.  Think the heat has gone to my purse.  Orders are coming in for Clotted Cream Fudge from one of our daughters in the North, I am sure we can fulfill that request.
Tuesday - another scorcher, done the ironing first thing before it got any hotter.  Got dad out in the car today, first time he has been out for at least ten years, apart from going into hospital.He wanted to go to Slapton Sands to see a Sherman tank from D Day that had been found in the sea there, it was retrieved from the sea and restored and now takes pride of place on the seafront commemorating 900 Americans that were killed by the Germans.  Sad story but dad was well chuffed with his trip, the scenery was stunning and Fish and Chips to round off the day.

Sherman Tank @ Slapton Sands

Wednesday - another scorcher, this weather is brill, lazy day today went for a long walk all around Dawlish, now got sore knees.  Received all our mail which has been redirected to my BF house, thanks Elaine for sending me the electric/gas final account and also a parking ticket, fined £60 for parking out with bay lines in The Mercat, Kirkcaldy day before we left, I remember it was a Sunday lunchtime no other cars on the floor that I had parked, what an easy way to make money on a Sunday, jobs worth at it again, well I assume as we now no longer pay Fife Council our Council Tax they have to get money from us somehow.  Just as well I didn't need spending money on our walk, apart from the sneaky wee Morgans in a lovely beer garden that we just happened to stumble across LOL.  Happy Days.  Another entry in my diary for the week we are back in Scotland, really don't think a week will be long enough.
Thursday started off a cool day today but soon hotted up, Dad didn't want to go out so off we went for a drive, ended up in a lovely little fishing village called Beer, walked on the beach and the cliffs and noseyed in all the quaint little shops along the little high street, funny how everything seems to be little here, little houses, little roads (where you have to breathe in to let another car pass),little pubs and little shops, this was a gorgeous village though and well worth the visit.

Village of Beer

St Nicholas Church, Beer

Friday another really hot day, not used to this maybe I should stop saying it, went to Buckfast Abbey the home of THE Buckfast Tonic Wine, hahaha but the monks were not out out playing today.  Beautiful Abbey with a lovely Monastic Produce shop and gardens. a shame really that it is in the process of still being renovated, it made it really very new looking and I think more like a new building without any atmosphere, and a lot of it was still closed off so could not see the ceilings depicting the saints, and the virgins, I am sure that more could have been done to restore original features rather than make new, but I suppose at the end of the day it will become another tourist feature.

Buckfast Abbey

Stained Glass Mural

Monks Rose Garden

Another Coffin for me, getting worried about Douglas!!

Monks Lavender Garden

Saturday an update from home today, the baths have been taken out, the three bedroom floors have been
taken up and the radiators have been removed.  We have had someone up to have a look at our gate and now have a price for removing, galvanising and making it electric, we will wait until we get back to sort that one out.  No word about the plinths having arrived yet!! Next week the new plumbing will be going in, looks like a real building site now.

Master Bathroom

Suicide Bathroom

Suicide Bathroom no Bath

Master Bedroom

Sunday -  Dad fancied going for a drive today, so off we went and visited Chudleigh, Tedburn St Mary,
(dad and his brother were evacuated here aged 4 in the blitz and stayed for 5 years, he saw the house where he lived, the school he attended, the Sunday School and the Church, sadly many changes have occurred with new builds etc but dad was able to dwell on his memories today, his brother died young and a memorial is in the church at Tedburn St Mary also), we also passed through Chiveton Bishop and Dunsford, passed through some fantastic scenery of fields and villages, thatched cottages and village pubs, only thing that puts me off is the lanes that are supposed to be roads, nearly came a cropper a couple of times when you come head to head with 4x4s then have to reverse 2 miles to let them pass, apart from that a good end to the week and more fantastic weather due for next week.